Prefix Worksheet

how to read: prefix = word w/ prefix [definition] (sentence{comment})

adip = adipose [fat] (the food was adipose)
bio = biology [study of life] (i took biology last year)
capit = decapitate [removal of the head] (decapitation is NOT nice)
corp = corpse [dead body] (in the show CSI, they deal with corpses)
cephal = cephalopod [squid] (there are many cephalopods in the oceans
crani = cranium [the skull of a vertebrate] (i have a cranium......i think)
dent = dentist [tooth doctor] (my dentist has a grandson that went to my old school)
hist = histology [study of tissues] (i dont wanna major in histology..it sounds nasty)
later = lateral [pertaining to the side] (a lateral in football is a sideways pass)
ocul = oculist [doctor of eyes] (my oculist says my eyes are crappy{he rly said that!})
oste = osteoporosis [porous bone disease] (osteoporosis causes you to have fragile bones)
phag = phagocyte [any cell that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris] (white blood cells are phagocytes)

pleur = pleura [a delicate serous membrane investing each lung and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax] (a pleura sounds important)

quad = quadroped [animal with four limbs] (i think i am a quadroped)
stern = sternum [a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates] (my sternum is flat and narrow)

ab = abnormal [out of the ordinary] (some brains are abbie normal)
ad = advertisement [shows and promotes something] (i hate tele-advertising)
angi = angiosperm [plant part] (angiosperm is a type of plant)
auto = automatic [does stuff on its own] (my car is not automatic)
centi = centimeter [SI unit of measurement] (my hair is 2-3 cm long)
circum = circumvent [to move around] (i can cirumvent internet site blocking software ^_^)
dextro = dextroposition [move to the right] (dextroposition that cup on table)
epi = epitaph [nickname or well-known given name] (odysseus's epitaph is thinker or thinkers)
ex = exit [to go out] (i must exit this building at five)
inter = intergalactic [to go through galaxies] (my ship is an intergalactic cruiser{god i am a dork})

non = non-violence [no violence] (i am not a believer in total non-violence)
ortho = orthochromatic [sensitive to all colors except red] (bulls are supposedly othrochromatic)
path = pathology [study of pathogens] (there is a pathology business on the floor above where my mom works)

pseudo = pseudopod [a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm] (amoebas are pseudopods)
sinistro = [left] (my left hand is my sinistro hand)
cide = genocide [mass killing of a particular group] (the holocaust was a genocide)
itis = bronchitis [a disease that affects the bronchial tubes in the throat](i hated bronchitis once)
logy = biology [study of life] (logy in Latin means "study" or "thought")
meter = centimeter [SI UNIT OF MEASUREMENT] (the word centimeter is getting boring)
plasty = rhinoplasty [plastic surgery] (tom's rhinoplasty is an episode of South Park)
scope = telescope [an instrument for seeing things that are far away] (Galileo invented a telescope)